Archive for the 'Abuses' Category

Deaf Community: Cultural Values and Double Standards

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I stood back, struck with amazement and sadness at the furor, hurt, and anger within the Deaf Community. Are we so different from each other that we truly cannot understand each other and come to full acceptance of everybody?
First of all, I do not want to see anyone hurt, nor do I want anyone fired from […]

Victory for UK Deaf Parents? Five LSD Arrests, BoT Unaware.

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Eugenic Victory for UK Deaf Parents A Possibility
Under the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, using embryo-screening deliberately to create a child with a serious medical condition - which officials had said includes being deaf - would be illegal
Now, however, the Department of Health has agreed to cut from the Bill any reference to deafness […]

Mishka Zena Threatened With Lawsuits

Friday, April 11th, 2008

My response is a loud YES to the possibility of a Deaf blogger being sued.  I can vouch for this personally as I’ve been threatened with lawsuits.
I was asked to cover this issue by another blogger in response to the supoena of Kathleen Seidel for her post criticizing the actions of personal injury lawyers going after […]

Deaf Alumni Sue Canada Deaf School for Physical/Sexual Abuses

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Lawsuit claims widespread abuse of deaf students across Canada
excerpts:
Students at schools for the deaf across Canada were sexually and physically abused over a 41-year span, claims the first of what is expected to be several lawsuits against no less than eight provincial governments. A Saskatchewan law firm on Tuesday filed in Edmonton the first of […]